With this act of disobedience, and not with the inception of his individual existence, man began the downward circuit on the spiral of history, descending from the created capacity for immortality to an inescapable mortality.

ACE Inhibitors also reduce plasma norepinephrine levels and NE-induced vasoconstriction, only in heart failure patients, thus breaking the vicious circles of sympathetic and renin angiotensin system activation which sustains the downward spiral in cardiac function in congestive heart failure

Since the retirement of Cal Ripken Jr. in 2001, the Orioles began a downward spiral, compiling a losing record in every season between 1998 and 2011.

As soon as he felt better, he went back out to his room in the pool house and the downward spiral continued until his death.

The main social indicators such as poor health, bad housing, and long-term mass unemployment, pointed to terminal social and economic stagnation at best, or even a downward spiral.

The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward economic spiral.

After the reign of Mansa Suleyman ( 1341 – 1360 ), Mali began its spiral downward.

Making matters worse, most of the younger players that the Royals received in exchange for these All-Stars proved of little value, setting the stage for an extended downward spiral.

The ability of corporations to shift their supply chains from one country to another with relative ease could be the starting gun for a " regulatory race to the bottom ", whereby nation states are forced into a merciless downward spiral, not only slashing tax rates and public services with it but also laws that in the short term cost employers money.

The Jets continued to spiral downward before enjoying a string of successes in the 1980s which, included an appearance in the 1982 AFC Championship Game.

However, Sogavare ’ s government was deeply corrupt and its actions led to the downward economic spiral and the deterioration of law and order.

Exacerbated by the economic embargo imposed during the Bosnian war, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) economy's downward spiral showed no real sign of recovery until 1995.

When the United States Treasury bailed out large financial firms, to ostensibly halt a downward spiral in the nation's economy, there was tremendous negative political fallout, particularly when reports came out that monies supposed to be used to ease credit restrictions were being used to pay bonuses to highly-paid employees.

Charley tries bribing Terry with a good job, and finally threatens him by holding a gun up against him, but recognizes he has failed to sway Terry, who places the blame for his own downward spiral on his well-off brother.

After his departure René's career went in a commercially downward spiral.

It is intended to arrest ... and reverse the downward spiral which afflicts so many of these areas.

The original act was sponsored by Hoover in an attempt to stop the downward spiral of crop prices by seeking to buy, sell and store agricultural surpluses or by generously lending money to farm organizations.

Both women ’ s literature historians and juvenile fiction historians agreed that Little Women was the apex of this “ downward spiral .” Elbert argued that Little Women did not “ belittle women ’ s fiction " and that Alcott stayed true to her “ Romantic birthright .”

" It was a steady downward spiral with many factors leading to what East Colfax is today, including the lack of interest in historic buildings and the myopic visions of the 1950s planners.

So began another downward spiral.

The downfall of East Colfax was a slow and steady downward spiral of neglect, perception and poor governmental choices.

Suspicions that Mary colluded with conspirators in her husband's death or that she took no action to prevent his death were key factors in the downward spiral that led to Mary's loss of the Scottish crown.

A complete overhaul at the goal tending position sent Peter Budaj to Montreal and Brian Elliott to St. Louis, Elliott having been acquired from Ottawa for Craig Anderson during the team's downward spiral the season previous.

After a promising start, the Cavs began a downward spiral that eventually led to the firing of coach Paul Silas and general manager Jim Paxson.

The `` push '' exercise of this Push-Pull Super-Set is the Bench Press done with elbows well pulled back and with a greater downward stretch of the pectorals not possible with the barbell variation.

and in fact without any difficulty if the pressure is kept downward at all times.

it is to stride along the steep slope downward.

Zoroastrianism states that the urvan, the disembodied spirit, lingers on earth for three days before departing downward to the kingdom of the dead that is ruled by Yima.

Hence, the axiom of regularity is equivalent, given the axiom of dependent choice, to the alternative axiom that there are no downward infinite membership chains.

" Many installations have reported that a reflective or light colored dome induces a local vertical heat driven vortex that sucks cooler overhead air downward into a dome if the dome is vented properly ( a single overhead vent, and peripheral vents ).

Under the action of gravity, a particle acquires a downward speed of, where is the mass of the particle, is the acceleration due to gravity, and is the particle's mobility in the fluid.

In telecommunications and computing, a product or technology is backward or downward compatible if it can work with input generated by an older product or technology.

Ptosis is a normal consequence of aging where the breast tissue sags lower on the chest and the nipple points downward.

They stand on the platform where the Batmobile was, then rotates downward to another level where the sonar-modification equipment is kept, from the special Batsuit to the hi-tech weaponry.

The invitation to cut is made by placing the pack, face downward, on the table near the player who is to cut: who then lifts the upper portion of the pack clear of the lower portion and places it alongside.

It is sometimes represented by its Tattva or by a downward pointing triangle with a horizontal line through it.

There are two forces ; one is the force of gravity vertically downward through the center of mass of the ball mg where m is the mass of the ball and g is the gravitational acceleration ; the second is the upward normal force exerted by the road perpendicular to the road surface ma < sub > n </ sub >.

The axis pointing downward ( and to the right ) is also meant to point towards the observer, whereas the " middle " axis is meant to point away from the observer.

As such, the population is on a slow downward trend.

As such, the population is on a slow downward trend.

Although there is a downward population curve, explained by a larger death than birth rate, as well as a larger number of emigrants than immigrants, the line graph of the natural population increase shows the rate of population decrease was slowly diminishing.